Here’s where I am:
HD above - SD Below.
HEVC is basically HD at this (for a Show):
Note I have User Profiles for all the possibilities - so it’s all Drag and Drop - and I can tweek a bit at the moment if the urge strikes.
The way I do it when I’m in ‘Discovery’ mode is to make a bunch of 240 Second ‘Previews’, name them what they are encoder-wise and plunk them into an Other Videos library to view on everything in the Plexiverse.
4 MInutes happens a lot faster than 18 hours - guaranteed…lol
4 Minutes also gives you a few scenes to look at - and you can ‘spot check’ different places in the video to check action scenes, static scenes, etc.
In the beginning I used to watch the bit rate.
Now I look at the material instead - and try not to think about the bit rate.
It took a while (10 years) to get here tho.
There is a set sequence of events that has to happen - how long it takes is wildly variable…lol
